Gasperini while as Genoa manager in March 2008
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gian Piero Gasperini | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Grugliasco, Italy | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Atalanta (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1967–1976 | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1977 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
1977–1978 | → Reggiana (loan) | 16 | (0) |
1978–1983 | Palermo | 128 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Cavese | 34 | (0) |
1984–1985 | Pistoiese | 34 | (0) |
1985–1990 | Pescara | 160 | (0) |
1990–1991 | Salernitana | 35 | (1) |
1991–1993 | Vis Pesaro | 61 | (0) |
Total | 468 | (1) | |
Teams managed | |||
1994–2003 | Juventus (youth) | ||
2003–2006 | Crotone | ||
2006–2010 | Genoa | ||
2011 | Internazionale | ||
2012–2013 | Palermo | ||
2013 | Palermo | ||
2013–2016 | Genoa | ||
2016– | Atalanta | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Gian Piero Gasperini (born 26 January 1958) is an Italian football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Italian side Atalanta.
Gasperini entered the Juventus youth system at the age of 9; during his stay at the youth system, he won an Allievi Nazionali championship and was in the Primavera squad, which included Paolo Rossi and Sergio Brio, that placed runner-up in 1976 behind Lazio. After having played a handful of Coppa Italia matches with the first team, he was loaned to Reggiana and then sold to Serie B club Palermo in 1978. He stayed five seasons at Palermo, all in Serie B, but reached a Coppa Italia final in 1979, then lost to Juventus.
After two seasons with Cavese (Serie B) and Pistoiese (Serie C1), Gasperini moved to Pescara, where he finally gained his first opportunity to play in Serie A after the promotion in 1987. He made his Serie A debut in a home match against Pisa, ended in a 2–1 victory which featured a goal of his. In 1990, he left Pescara to join Salernitana, and retired in 1993 at the age of 35 after two seasons with Vis Pesaro.
In 1994 Gasperini returned to Juventus's youth system, this time as a coach. He was initially coach of the Giovanissimi (U-14) for two years, followed by two other years with the Allievi (U-17). In 1998 he became the manager of the Primavera (U-20) squad.